]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/life-extension Blog Articles Tagged with 'life-extension' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/nutrition-data/915804?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Have you heard about this new eating disorder? It's an obsessive preoccupation with eating healthy foods (and only healthy foods). John Stossell recently did a piece for ABC News (Orthorexia: Obsessing over health food). I have to say, given wha... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/nutrition-data/915804?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:14:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/904556?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Michael L. MillensonMaybe no one at Consumer Reports has a mother.The first rule of effective consumer information is tell it to Mom; that is, explain why something is important in the kind of language you would use if speaking to your mother. ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/904556?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:10:55 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/899484?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Well, I m back from a brief vacation, and catching up with the news. It looks like the big headline is GlaxoSmithKline s offer for Sirtris: $720 million, which is a hefty premium (84%!) to what the company was trading for previously. Reckless was... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/899484?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:47:50 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/sharpbrains/885507?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Starting this week, you will start seeing a growing number of Expert Contributors writing in our blog and website, so that we can collectively discuss the latest research and trends on cognitive and emotional training, brain fitness and health, and t... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/sharpbrains/885507?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:39:37 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/885223?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension I didn t note it at the time here, but back in November there was a very interesting paper in Nature that bears on aging and life extension. A group at the Hutchinson Center in Seattle did a survey of compounds, looking for whatever might show up t... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/in-the-pipeline/885223?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:17:44 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/877412?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension By Dov Michaeli MD, Ph.D Go to the ant, my sonObserve her waysAnd wisen King Solomon, Proverbs (free translation).Undoubtedly you have seen pictures of those emaciated characters who practice calorie restriction in the name of living a long, long... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/doctor-weighs-in/877412?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Tue, 27 Nov 2007 21:16:05 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/nutrition-data/869461?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Cutting calories isn't just for dieters anymore. A growing number of people are embracing extreme, calorie-restricted diets in the hopes that it will drastically extend their lifespan...to 120 or beyond. (See also Extreme Calorie Restriction for L... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/nutrition-data/869461?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:43:37 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/nutrition-data/873108?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Cutting calories isn't just for dieters anymore. A growing number of people are embracing extreme, calorie-restricted diets in the hopes that it will drastically extend their lifespan...to 120 or beyond. (See also Extreme Calorie Restriction for L... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/nutrition-data/873108?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:43:37 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/science-roll/862871?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Medicine 2.0 Medical Web Geekery Blog Carnival (DavidRothman.net): the Medicine 2.0 carnival is up again. Check out David s post if you re interested in web 2.0 and medicine.Science in Second Life: CSIRO and Nature (Science Library Pad): Particip... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/science-roll/862871?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Sun, 02 Sep 2007 13:15:54 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-blog/859242?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Filed under: Type 2, Adult Onset, ResearchThe idea of insulin resistance first emerged in a study conducted in 1936. Although it wasn't until nearly 40 years later that insulin resistance became a more common occurrence in diabetes care - this study ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-blog/859242?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:54:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-blog/854998?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Diet, ResearchHoward Hughs Medical Experts have discovered the key to a longer life is lower insulin levels. Less insulin helps cells fend off diseases that lead to early death like heart disease, ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-blog/854998?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Sat, 21 Jul 2007 11:20:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-blog/848110?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Filed under: Pancreatic CancerThere are certain points on everyone's life where being tested for various cancers should be at the top of the priority list. With that in mind, it's distressing to hear that almost 40% of people with early pancreatic ca... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-blog/848110?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:05:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/845556?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Presented Monday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the cure for liver cancer in Sorafenib.Phase III clinical trial data of this miracle pill revealed that chances of survival from final stage liver cancer is increase... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/845556?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:04:44 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/848051?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Presented Monday at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the cure for liver cancer in Sorafenib.Phase III clinical trial data of this miracle pill revealed that chances of survival from final stage liver cancer is increase... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/cancer-commentary/848051?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:04:44 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/purple-medical-blog/839654?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension EATING FEWER CALORIES SAFELY MAY LENGTHEN LIFE: THESE GUYS SAY THEY THINK THEY KNOW WHY If you eat fewer calories while still getting a well balanced nutritional diet,the chances are good that you will live longer. That seems to be the upshot of seve... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/purple-medical-blog/839654?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Sat, 05 May 2007 15:17:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/medical-spa/834027?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension CNN.com has an article on the American Academy of Antiaging Medicine (The A4M). It's general journalism and, while not too flattering, isn't a complete hatchet job. Since there's been a number of comments on this site about forming a recognized body ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/medical-spa/834027?rsstype=tag&tag=life-extension Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:41:45 -0400